Please share some do's and dont's for children with diabetes.

Change: Change family dietary habits and increase exercise to enable healthier living and better glucose.

Get: Get your childhood vaccines - illnesses like influenza, which can be prevented, may be the triggers.

Do: Do track their blood sugar on computer program, then print it out every time you take child to doc.

Myth:: Myth: people with diabetes can feel whether their blood sugar levels are high or low.

DO: Do stress that your child learn as much as you do about their diabetes.

Play: Play the wii & play sports. Cut down on tv, internet & facebook viewing. Eat less fast food, soda & sweets!

Keep: Keep a shelf in the pantry and refrigerator that are "free foods" that child can grab themselves anytime.

Let: Let them exercise. Type 1 diabetics can participate in virtually all sports. Makes them feel normal!

Work: Work closely with an endocrinologist you trust your life to, because your child does. Tell them all.

Limit: Limit the amounts of fruit juice your child consumes each day.

Eat more: Protein. Avoid starchy foods. Drink water instead of high sugar content fruit juices or beverages.

Diet and exercise: Oral medications, Insulin shots , use of an Insulin pump.

For: Children with type two diabetes that are taking metformin should have vitamin B12 levels checked.

Mainstream: Mainstream your child. Keep them active. Don't helicopter parent them. They need to feel normal!

Let: Let them see their doctor quarterly. Encourage them to exercise. Discourage intake of sweet/soda.

DO: Do not buy anything from the "diatetic" isle in the grocery store. They still have sugar & calories.

Try: Try attending a diabetes camp! camp is a fun and safe place to make new friends and swap stories.

Do: Do check your blood glucose at least 4 times per day. Don't lie about your glucose numbers.

Make: Make sure your child eats three well-balanced meals a day with scheduled snacks.

Children,: Children, especially if obese, can develop type 2 diabetes - the kind adults usually get. Exercise!

DO wear: Socks and shoes at all times even around the house to protect the feet. Don't wear open toes shoes.

Maintain: Maintain lean body mass and don't let kids get obese!

Exercise: Exercise & weight loss may reverse diabetes in many kids with type 2 diabetes.

Do: Do exercise more. Don't eat as much.

ALL: All diabetics must have a dilated eye exam by an ophthalmologist yearly. Not eyeglass store exams!

People: People think kids with diabetes don't need yearly dilated eye exams like adults, but they do!

DM: Dm 1 is tough, but it was a lot worse 40 yrs ago. Imagine having to boil your pee to find out blood glucose!

Sign: Sign up for summer camps and any other activities you can find for kids with dm-i. They'll love it.

We: We don't have a way to prevent type i yet. To prevent type ii, stay thin, exercise and eat healthy!

Proper: Proper diet, good exercise, appropriate medication and the right specialist doctor maximize health.

Parents: Parents need to eat healthy as well and keep active to act as a role model for children.

All: All diabetics, type 1 or 2, need an eye exam by an ophthalmologist every year.

Encourage: Encourage your child to lead a full life ; adjust disease to lifestyle, and not the other way around.

In: In preventing type 2 diabetes, eat a healthy diet, get plenty of exercise, and good sleep.

Eating: Eating healthy as a family is most important, because it reinforces good eating habits.

By: Exercise with their friends; it makes them feel more normal. If on insulin, may be more difficult.

Insulin: Insulin pump is an option for teenagers who can manage to keep blood sugar better controlled.

The: The "buzzy for pain relief" pain relieving system has been proven to decrease pain with their shots!

Buzzy: Buzzy pain relief system helps to decrease pain with their shots and glucose checking!

Good: Good healthy eating habits start with toddlers -- expose them to fruits, veggies, portion control.

Do: Do not have your children drink their calories. Stay away especially from all sodas. Add more water.

Make: Make sure that your children get adequate sleep as it may decrease inflammation in body.

We: Involve our children in how good food is prepared so that they can learn for themselves.

Eating: Eating healthier, not drinking their calories. Getting adequate exercise and less screen time.

Friendship,: Friendship, understanding, positive role modeling.

Minimize: Minimize juices, sodas, bread. Obesity is increasing in children. Encourage exercise, no fast food.

Some: Some type of physical activity for thirty minutes a day.

Children: Children, if not eating healthy and get overweight, may develop type 2 diabetes as an adolescent.

If: If overweight, don't wait until they become obese - get professional help. Be a role model for kid.

If: If you are talking about type one, or juvenile diabetes, then Insulin is the only treatment.

Encourage: Encourage daily exercise to improve muscle and soft tissue quality and lose weight.

There: There is no limit to what you can do. Eat healthy, keep your sugar at target range, and enjoy life.

Meeting: Meeting other children with diabetes helps kids feel less alone or strange.

Antipsychotic: Antipsychotic medications tied to a 3-fold increased type 2 dm risk in children.

Do: Make sure they have proper shoes that support and breathe.

Myth:: It's a myth that: skipping a week of Insulin while on vacation won't hurt much.

Do: Do seek help immediately if your child becomes suddenly very ill.

Get: Get psychologist involved early on. Be encouraging. Be patient and perform as a role model.

Diabetes: Diabetes makes gums more susceptible to damage. Keep mouth spotless, see dentist regularly.

Eliminate: Eliminate sugars and starches from the diet.

Children: Children need to be counseled that they need to regularly take medication all through their life.

All: Not all diabetics need to take insulin. It depends on the type of diabetes.

Regular: Regular diet and keep an eye on the ingredients of the food.

Type: Type 1- Insulin injections. Type 2 - can be controlled with appropriate diet/ exercise/ weight.

Type: Type 1 cannot b prevented type 2 can by healthy diet & exercise. Limit processed sugar & junk food.

Exercise: Exercise regular, avoid junk food, maintain normal weight, know your family history.

Minimum: Minimum junk food, physical exercise daily, maintain normal weight.

Swimming: Swimming is a great exercise for those children who are obese. They will burn calories, dm improves.

Help: Help them understand it is the way their body is and they just have to learn to live with it every d.

SUPERVISE/encourage: Supervise/encourage healthy eating carefully, encourage exercise, do not make child over-anxious.

Teach: Teach your kids to cook! puts them in control of their food - make them love cooking.

Don't: Don't tell your kids to control their glucose reward them for doing it - shopping - stickers -.

Make: Make sure kids participate in their care to the best of their ability.

Help: Help your kid become independent and responsible, but don t rush or use too much pressure.

Ask: Ask your dr about research on the latest devices, the less montoring hurts, more likely the use.

Help: Help them join groups and meet other kids with the same condition.

Enjoy: Enjoy your meals and avoid sweets and your meals will taste better. Less sweet you eat less you crav.

It: It is not too early to have a healthy diet and watch your weight.

Children: Children with diabetics must receive supportive counselling as well as their parents.

Have them: Participate in activities with other kids but keep an eye on them. They don't want a label!

Researchers: Researchers are now working on a vaccine against type 1 diabetes, which can be given at diagnosis.

Checking: Checking ketones is sometimes as important as checking blood sugars when not feeling we'll.

Children: Children with chronic conditions needs lot of support from family/ friends.

Avoid: Avoid high sugar fruit juices available in stores...Juice your own juices from fresh fruits.

Healthy: Healthy diet and regular excercise will surely help.

Get: Get routine dental checkups...They are more prone to gum infections.

Keep: Keep nutritious snacks handy for kids to munch on!

To: To prevent obesity which can cause obesity, have child use treadmill while watching any tv!

Ignore: It is very important to eat healthy with fruits and vegetables and less sugars, and exercise daily.

Ignore: Do exercise, drink water and eat healthy. Don't eat sweets or sweetened drinks.

Ignore: To prevent type 2 diabetes keep your weight under control . Stay active, exercise every day.

Ignore: Teach kids their actions can control illness, so illness won't get in the way of play!

Ignore: Letting children with diabetes play/interact with other diabetic children can help them cope.

Ignore: Check out type 1 diabetes trialnet if you have a family history of type 1 diabetes and get screened.

Ignore: Counting carbs is key to Insulin management.

Ignore: Make sure they eat healthy and get enough exercise often enough!

Ignore: Make the children part of food choices and educate them on choices so that they can learn.

All: All kids with diabetes need yearly eye exams to look for diabetic retinal changes.

Ignore: All kids with diabetes need yearly eye exams to look for diabetic retinal changes.

Ignore: Don't give too much junk food and watch your child's weight.

Ignore: Juvenile diabetes assn. And support groups. This condition is becoming common, and good therapies.

Ignore: Do keep them integrated and do not make them feel different. Keep them healthy, but also enjoy life!

Ignore: Join a support group of children your age who can support eachother.

Ignore: Do try to be physicially active as often as possible, monitor your blood sugar and eat healthy.

Ignore: Childhood diabetes needs careful ongoing attention with a diabetes educator.

Ignore: Routine eye exam by ophthalmologist, routine immunizations & annual flu vaccine is recommended.

Ignore: Don't let diabetes run your child's life support them & help them live as normal a life as possible!

Ignore: Do: keep a close eye on carb counts Don't: obsessively deny your child any and all sugary foods.